Welcome September

It's still warm in many parts of the country but September is here and soon there will be crisp days and cool nights.  In 21 short days, September 23 it will herald the first day of fall.

I'm ready right now.  I'm ready for pumpkin spice everything from coffees to beers.  I'm ready for apple festivals and pies.  I'm ready for heirloom apples that you can't buy in the local grocery store.

I'm ready for the leaves to turn the beautiful magentas, reds, oranges and golds.  I'm ready for majestic blue ridge mountains to frame these colors with the backdrop mountain pines.

I'm ready for tailgating, football and warm and spicy, hot and bubbly chili.  Craft and Renaissance fairs.  I'm looking forward to apple butter in big outdoor pots and kettle corn made fresh.  I'm ready for weather that begs for warm cozy sweaters and fires in the fireplace.

You know how makeup companies sometimes categorize complexions into seasons.  Even if they label me a winter I guess you could say I'm an really an autumn at heart.

What season are you?

Make your own Homemade apple butter recipe

Here at Make it easy crafts we know how hectic life can be. Everyone needs a quick but easy recipe for those busy weeknights.  And who doesn’t want a special recipe or two up your sleeve for weekend fun and entertaining?  So we are starting a flash mob of recipes every week brought to you from around the web. 

Our first recipe is healthy and pretty darn easy.  If you have a crockpot you can make apple butter.  Yes I did say apple butter.  Growing up in the south I remember going to fairs and events in the fall and usually there was a huge copper kettle outside under a fire filled with the ingredients for apple butter.  People took turns stirring with a large wooden paddle.  The aroma was intoxicating and of you just had to come home with a jar or two.  Yum it was good, but boy was it time consuming! 

Trista Porter from Mom's morning coffee came up with a way to make it in an ordinary crockpot.  It still takes time but it’s time well spent with no paddle necessary! As an added benefit it is low in sugar.

Visit Candy at Mom's morning coffee and get Trista's wonderful recipe for Home made apple butter today. And Come back soon for more quick and easy recipes from all the best food bloggers around!